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Pan Africa Positional (SIL) Keyboard Help

This is the positional version of the Pan Africa (SIL) keyboard. The keyboard layout was designed to
work with a QWERTY US English keyboard. For a keyboard that is not dependent on a particular hardware
keyboard, use "Pan Africa Mnemonic (SIL)."

This keyboard was developed to type the Latin-script languages of Africa. An attempt was made to
cover the orthographic needs for SIL in many of the countries of Africa, but this cannot be
considered a complete list, nor should it be considered an endorsement for this particular layout.

Note:If you need to use the ALT combinations, you'll need to use Keyman Configuration to change the Keyman hotkeys.

Keyboard Assignments

This keyboard uses deadkeys to type the special characters. For example, if you type "]v", you will get ʌ.
With this keyboard you can also use the Left and Right Alt keys as modifiers. For example, if you type "RALT v",
you will also get ʌ.

Letters

The following letters are available by typing directly:

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

k

l

m

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

n

o

p

q

r

s

t

u

v

w

x

y

z

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

The following letters are available by typing the keystrokes
underneath.

ɑ

ʌ

ɓ

ƈ

ɖ

ɗ

ɛ

ǝ

ə

ƒ

ɠ

ɣ

ɦ

ɨ

ɩ

ƙ

[a

]v

[b

[c

[j

[d

[s

[e

]e

[f

[g

[x

[h

[i

[l

[k

RALT a

LALT v

RALT b

RALT c

RALT j

RALT d

RALT s

RALT e

LALT e

RALT f

RALT g

RALT x

RALT h

RALT i

RALT l

RALT k

Ɑ

Ʌ

Ɓ

Ƈ

Ɖ

Ɗ

Ɛ

Ǝ

Ə

Ƒ

Ɠ

Ɣ

Ȟ

Ɨ

Ɩ

Ƙ

[A

]V

[B

[C

[J

[D

[S

[E

]E

[F

[G

[X

[H

[I

[L

[K

RALT A

LALT V

RALT B

RALT C

RALT J

RALT D

RALT S

RALT E

LALT E

RALT F

RALT G

RALT X

RALT H

RALT I

RALT L

RALT K

ɲ

ŋ

ø

ɔ

ƥ

ɍ

ɽ

ʃ

ŧ

ƭ

ʉ

ʋ

ⱳ

ƴ

ʒ

ƶ

[m

[n

[q

[o

[p

[r

]r

]s

]t

[t

[u

[v

[w

[y

[z

]z

RALT m

RALT n

RALT q

RALT o

RALT p

RALT r

LALT r

LALT s

LALT t

RALT t

RALT u

RALT v

RALT w

RALT y

RALT z

LALT z

Ɲ

Ŋ

Ø

Ɔ

Ƥ

Ɍ

Ɽ

Ʃ

Ŧ

Ƭ

Ʉ

Ʋ

Ⱳ

Ƴ

Ʒ

Ƶ

[M

[N

[Q

[O

[P

[R

]R

]S

]T

[T

[U

[V

[W

[Y

[Z

]Z

RALT M

RALT N

RALT Q

RALT O

RALT P

RALT R

LALT R

LALT S

LALT T

RALT T

RALT U

RALT V

RALT W

RALT Y

RALT Z

LALT Z

Other

ʔ

ʕ

ʼ

[?

]?

[′

RALT ?

LALT ?

RALT ′

Punctuation

The following punctuation is available by typing directly:

!

#

$

%

&

*

(

)

-

=

+

\

:

;

,

.

?

The following punctuation is available by typing the keystrokes
underneath.

«

‹

›

»

/

<

>

@

[

]

^

_

`

~

{

}

|

<<

<

>

>>

]/

]<

]>

]@

][

]]

]^

]_

]`

]~

]{

]}

]|

“

‘

’

”

[<[<

[<

[>

[>[>

Diacritics

Diacritics are typed after the character they are to
appear above (or below). If you need stacking diacritics they should be typed
in the order of lowest to highest. If you have a diacritic above and another
below, they can be combined in any order. If the precomposed character exists
in Unicode that is the character that will be output.

Above

◌̀

◌́

◌̂

◌̃

◌̄

◌̇

◌̈

◌̌

◌̍

◌̊

`

/

^

~

_

}

"

{

|

@

Below

◌̰

◌̱

◌̣

◌̩

◌̥

◌̧

[~

[_

[}

[|

[@

[,

RALT ~

RALT _

RALT .

RALT |

RALT @

RALT ,

Numbers

Numbers are available by typing directly:

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

0

Reference

This section is intended purely for reference in case a
person desires to see the Unicode Scalar Value of a particular character.